"It is true that we are called a democracy, for the administration is in the hands of the many and not the few."
-- Pericles

"Yes, Pericles, but have you gotten a load of the many?"
-- Socrates

"Jefferson, you're on the two. Hamilton? You get the ten. I'm calling dibs on the one. That's all me, baby. What's that, Adams? You wanted the one? All right, that's it: You don't get to be on anything. That's right, I'm taking back the quarter. Anyone else want to complain? I didn't think so."
-- George Washington, 1789

"[expletive deleted]"
-- Richard M. Nixon

"...the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the concurrent resolution and amendments thereto to final adoption without intervening motion except amendments offered by the chairman of the Committee on the Budget pursuant to section 305(a)(5) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to achieve mathematical consistency. The concurrent resolution shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question of its adoption."
-- H. Res. 574 [Report No. 108 - 446]

When America (The Book) first approached me about penning the foreword to their tome, I was surprised. (Foreword)

It is often said that America "invented" democracy.